This is a simple presentation of leading universities in US based on their Ranking using plotly.

   Rank                        UniversityName
2     1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3     2                   Stanford University
4     3                    Harvard University
10    4    California Institute of Technology
9     5                 University of Chicago
6     6                  Princeton University
7     7                    Cornell University
8     8                       Yale University
1     9              Johns Hopkins University
5    10                   Columbia University

Ref https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/top-universities-us-2018